Summer of '69

"Summer of '69" is the fifth single off Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams' fourth studio album Reckless. The song was released in June 1985.

"Summer of '69"
Single by Bryan Adams
from Reckless"
B-side
  • "Kids Wanna Rock"
  • "The Best Was Yet to Come"
ReleasedJune 17, 1985
Recorded1984
Genre
Length3:32
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bryan Adams singles chronology
""Heaven"
(1985)
Summer of '69 ""One Night Love Affair"
(1985)

It is one of Adams' most well known songs and is one of his most successful. It won the BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) Citation of Achievement for US radio airplay in 1985. In 1986, it won the Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplay and in 2000 it won a Socan Classics Award for more than 100,000 Canadian radio performances.[3]

References

  1. Steve Sullivan (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings. Vol. 3. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 580. ISBN 9781442254497.
  2. Andrew Jett. "10 Best Pop Rock Songs". Mademan. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  3. "Summer of '69: Awards". Jim Vallance. Retrieved 2014-06-30.

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